The Bloomington Early Music Festival

GRATITUDE AND THANKS TO OUR FESTIVAL PARTNERS

THANK YOU FOR #BLEMF18!

With the glow of the 2018 Bloomington Early Music Festival still present, we’re so deeply grateful to the many musicians who performed this year (more than 130 of them, a number of whom are listed here: http://www.blemf.org/performers.html,) providing the community and the world a snapshot of the astounding emerging talent in early music. YOU ARE ALL AMAZING!!!

Likewise, we extend our thanks and deep gratitude to the festival's artistic and organizational partners – Early Music America (with executive director Karin Brookes, colleagues David Wood and Dina Bash,) The Historical Performance Institute IU-JSoM (directed by Dana Marsh, who as board member of Early Music America, developed the idea of the current partnership,) JSoM Office of Entrepreneurship & Career Development (directed by Alain Barker,) the six primary community and university spaces we had access to (Auer Hall, Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington, First Presbyterian Church Bloomington, Ind., Trinity Episcopal Church Bloomington, Monroe County History Center, Bloomington City Hall Atrium,) among others.

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The BLEMF '18 Festival

Here's the list of events from the 2018 Festival!

5/18 Robert D. Levin, fortepiano

5/19     Southern Indiana Old-Time Music Workshop
            Presentation on fiddler, Joe Dawson
            Bloomington Bach Cantata Project

5/20 Old-Time Music and Dance in Bloomington

5/23 19th Century Flutes demo & discussion
HPI Goes PoP

5/24     Early Music Entrepreneurship Session
        Tarara
            Oberlin Baroque
          Sacred Music Project

5/25     Early Music Entrepreneurship Session
            B'more Bach Ensemble
            Rumore Terribile
            Melisande McNabney
            Voyage Sonique
            Early Music, Late Night

5/26     Instrument Petting Zoo & Concerts
        Bloomington Quarry Morris Dancers
        CWRU Baroque Ensemble
        USC Collegium Workshop
        Rachell Wong
        Adriana Ruiz
        Costanoan Trio

5/27 Les Ordinaires and Friends
Festival Orchestra, led by Ingrid Matthews

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All performances at the Bloomington Early Music Festival were offered free this year. Please join us in helping the Bloomington Early Music come to life by contributing towards publicity, programming, instrument rentals, transport, and much more.

FESTIVAL ARTISTS

Read up on artist bios, including Robert Levin (fortepiano) Ingrid Matthews (violin), Mélisande McNabney and Jory Vinikour (harpsichord), Adriana Ruiz (soprano), Rachell Wong (violin), Grey Larsen (flute), and many others.
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FESTIVAL ENSEMBLES

Learn about the amazing ensembles, who will perform this year, including the Costanoan Trio, Les Ordinaires, Rumore Terribile, Voyage Sonique, B'More Bach Ensemble, CRWU Baroque, HPI goes POP!, Oberlin Baroque, Tarara, UCS Thornton School Collegium Workshop, and others.
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